Cleaning device for water-closets



(No Model.)

J. WRIGLBY. CLEANING DEVICE FOR WATER OLOSETS,.SINKS, SFWBRS, AND THE LIKE,

Patented Aug. 18, 1896 INVENTOH WITNESSES m: Nonms PEIERS cu. PHOYD-LITHQ, WASHINGTON. w. c r j UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WRIGLEY, OF ELMIRA, NEW-YORK.

CLEANING DEVICE FOR WATER-CLOSETS, SINKS, SEWERS, AND THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 566,110, dated August 18, 1896. ApplicatioafiledMarch16,1896. Serial No- 583.342. (No model.)

7 To all whom it may concern.-

. Be it known that I, J OHN WRIGLEY, a 'citizen of the United States, residing in Elmira, Chemung county, and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cleaning Devices for W'atenClosets, Sinks, Sewers, and the Like; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appe'rtains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cleaning device for water-closets,sinks,sewer anddrain pipes,and having curved or irregular bends,of simple and durable construction, easily handled, and reliable in operation.

The invention consists in the improved cleaning device and in the combination and arrangement of the various parts thereof, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described,and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure 1 is a central sectional view of an ordinary water-closet,illustratin g my improved cleaning device in position to remove some obstacles from the sewer-connecting pipe;

Fig. '2, a sectional view of a waste-pipe, illustrating the cleaning device in position similar to that shown in Fig. 1, the bent elbow-tube being removed; Fig. 3, an enlarged detail view illustrating the locking means between the straight and elbow tube; Fig. 4, an enlarged detail view of the lower end of the cleaning device; Fig. 5, a modified form of Fig. 4:; and Figs. 6, 7, and 8, detail views of certain implements or tools to be used in connection with the said cleaning device.

In said drawings, or represents a water-closet of ordinary construction and communicating through the S-trap a and the connectingpipe a with the sewer, as will be manifest.

The cleaning device consists of the straight tube 0, preferably diagonally cut ofi at its lower end, as at 0, Figs. 2 and 3, and the elbow-tube d, removably secured to the said straight tube by any desired locking mechanism. In the drawings said locking mechanism consists of the pin 0 secured to and projecting from the straight tube 0 and adapted to engage the angle-slot d of the elbow-tube. In said tube 0 is loosely arranged a rod or wire 6, provided at its upper (projecting) end with a crank-handle f and at its lower end with a spiral or coil g of any length desired and preferably wound" left-handed and terminating in a coil-screw h, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4. I

If desired, an internally-threaded nipple g may be secured in any desired manner to the lower end of the spiral g, adapted to receive the screw-threaded ends 712 of a coil-screw h with auxiliary hook h ,as in Fig. 5,01 of a fork 72. a drill h, or chisel 71 as in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, respectively.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings the elbow-tube d is removed and the straight tube 0 inserted into the straight portion of the waste-pipe a and bears against the bent portion thereof.

In operation the cleaning device is inserted in the water-closet or the waste pipe, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The tube 0 (in Fig. 1) is held and directed with one hand, while the rod 6 is first pushed inward until the coilscrew h of the coil 9 reaches the obstacle b, (or b in Fig. 2.) The crank-handle f is then turned from left to right, thereby compress.

ing the coil 9 and forcing the screw-coil h to firmly engage the obstacle,which latteris then easily removed by gradually withdrawing the cleaning device under continuous turning of the crank-handle.

From the foregoing it will be manifest that the cleaning device can be used for cleaning 0 utwater-closets, sewer and drain pipes, sinks, and the like, and that various forms can be constructed without departing from the spirit of my invention; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,'is

1. A cleaning device for water-closets, sewers and the like, consisting of a straight tube, an elbow-tube removably secured to one end thereof, a. rod loosely arranged in the straight tube and provided at its upper end with a crank-handle, a Wire coil at the lower end of said rod and projecting through the elbowtube, and a tool or implement at the free end of said coil, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

2. Acleaning device for water-closets, sew- 5 ers and the like, consisting of a straight tube, an elbow-tube on one end thereof,a rod loosely arranged in the straight tube, a crank-handle on the upper end of said rod, a Wire coil arranged at the lower end of said rod and pro IO jeeting through the elbow-tube, and a tool or implement remfovably secured to the 'free end of said coil, substantially as and for the purposes desoribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of I 5 February, 1896.

JOHN WRIGLEY.

Witnesses:

EDWARD MoMAHoN, JOHN H; MCMAHON. 

